-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A controversial extra-time goal by William Gallas saw France reach the World Cup finals after a 1-1 home draw against the Republic of Ireland in Paris on Wednesday night .

France were trailing 1-0 in the second leg , with the scores tied 1-1 on aggregate , when Arsenal central defender Gallas forced the ball home for the decisive goal .

But TV replays showed that his former club teammate Thierry Henry had clearly handled the ball twice before passing to him to head home .

Irish goalkeeper Shay Given frantically gestured to the referee and Damien Duff was booked for his protests , but the goal stood and Raymond Domenech 's men eventually went through after surviving late pressure in the Stade de France .

Robbie Keane had given the Republic a deserved first half lead as he scored after a fine cutback by Duff .

The pair both had chances in the second half to put the game out of France 's reach , but home keeper Hugo Lloris blocked Duff 's effort after he was clean through and forced Tottenham star Keane wide from a similar position .

Cristiano Ronaldo will be going to World Cup after his Portugal side won 1-0 in Bosnia-Herzegovina to claim it 2-0 on aggregate in their European playoff match in Zenica .

Real Madrid star Ronaldo sat out both legs of the decider through injury , but despite his absence Portugal qualified for the World Cup for the third time in a row .

Raul Meireles ' second-half goal in the second leg gave them a comfortable victory in a tie deemed awkward after a slender victory in the first leg secured though a goal by Bruno Alves .

A pass from Nan found Meireles , whose low shot found the net and sent the Portuguese , who reached the semifinals in 2006 , through .

Slovenia upset Russia to qualify for the World Cup finals for only the second time with a 1-0 home win in Maribor .

Slovenia trailed 2-1 from the first leg and go through on the away goals rule with the aggregate score tied 2-2 .

Striker Zlatko Dedic , who plays for Bochum in the Bundesliga , scored on the stroke of halftime .

He reacted first to a Valter Birsa cross from the right to grab the crucial goal .

Guus Hiddink 's men suffered a further setback when substitute striker Alexander Kerzhakov was shown the red card in the 68th minute .

Andrei Arshavin set up substitute Pavel Pogrebnyak for a late chance as Russia forced for an equalizer which would have put them through , but Dedic should have scored a second for Slovenia late on .

2004 European champions Greece are also through as they beat Ukraine 1-0 in Donetsk with Dimitrios Salpigidis scoring the only goal for the visitors on the half hour mark .

The Panathinaikos striker beat the offside trap after a superb pass from Celtic 's Georgios Samaras and slotted home .

The teams played out a 0-0 draw on Saturday in the first leg in Athens .

Ukraine pressed desperately for an equalizer in the second half but to no avail .

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France through after controversial equalizer against Ireland in Stade de France

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Portugal reach World Cup finals with 1-0 win in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Slovenia shock Russia to reach World Cup for second time

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Greece stun Ukraine in Donetsk to reach South Africa 1-0 on aggregate